"Comrade Kim Jong-un Worries Day and Night About the People" Rice and Living Expenses Arrive in COVID-Locked Kaesong

Residents "Life-giving water and elixir... Not afraid of a great disaster"
Kaesong Food and Living Expense Special Support Ordered by Kim Jong-un Two Days Ago

The North Korean Workers' Party organ, Rodong Sinmun, reported on the front page on the 9th that special relief supplies were delivered to Kaesong, which has been locked down due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), on the 7th.
Ri Man-gun, First Deputy Director of the Party Central Committee, is inspecting the condition of the supplies loaded on the train that arrived at Kaesong Station.

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un ordered special support for Kaesong City, which was locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and just two days later, rice and living expenses were delivered. Residents praised Chairman Kim, saying that the supplies were like 'water of life' and 'elixir of immortality.'

On the 9th, North Korea's state media Korean Central News Agency reported, "The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea provided special support for the people of Kaesong City, which is under complete lockdown," adding, "A train carrying the Party's benevolent special support materials arrived at Kaesong Station on the afternoon of the 7th."

Earlier, on the 5th, Chairman Kim held a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and instructed to provide special support of food and living allowances to stabilize the lives of the locked-down citizens of Kaesong City.

The special support material delivery ceremony was held in the Kaesong City Party Committee meeting room, and the news agency reported, "Comrade Ri Man-gon, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and First Deputy Director of the Party Central Committee, delivered the speech."

First Deputy Director Ri Man-gon said, "The Supreme Leader (Kim Jong-un) is concerned about the people of Kaesong City day and night," and added, "He hopes that his humble sincerity will encourage and support the people of Kaesong City and bring some relief."

He also stated, "The Supreme Leader said that the inconveniences experienced by the people of Kaesong City are also the pain of our Party, and that caring for them is the duty that the Mother Party must fulfill," and "He encouraged the people of Kaesong City who have risen in the fight to prevent the spread of the malignant virus (COVID-19), assuring them that he will always be with them."

Furthermore, he emphasized, "The officials of Kaesong City will organize their work so that the Supreme Leader's love and care reach every household and every resident promptly and without omission."

Trucks carrying supplies entering Kaesong City

At the meeting, discussants expressed gratitude for the provision of food, cooking oil, daily necessities, electricity, and coal since the first day of Kaesong City's lockdown, and now for the additional support of rice and living expenses, the news agency reported.

The agency conveyed, "As they listened passionately to the speech filled with the great love of the dear parents, the participants were deeply moved and their eyes welled up with tears, grateful for the Party's heartfelt grace."

Heo Sun-ok, head of the Namsan 2-dong Office in Kaesong City, said, "The Respected Marshal, who sent special support materials, caring so that the residents of Kaesong City would not experience even the slightest inconvenience in their lives, is truly our dear parent," and added, "Although far from the capital Pyongyang, we are filled with endless glory and happiness to live closest to the Party Central Committee," the news agency reported.

Kim Young-sung, Deputy Director of the Kaesong City Party Committee, said, "The precious supplies sent by the Party have become the water of life and elixir of immortality that touched our very skin," and "With the embrace of our Mother Party, we are not afraid of even a global catastrophe, and we expressed confidence that we will surely win in today's anti-epidemic battle," the news agency added.

Meanwhile, North Korea switched its national emergency epidemic prevention system to 'maximum emergency system' and issued a special alert on the 24th of last month, suspecting COVID-19 infection in a defector who crossed into Kaesong, and completely locked down Kaesong City.

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